"There better have been a fire or a sale on Jimmy Choo's that would have you hanging up on Mommy and calling more than twelve hours later," Lorelai used as her greeting when Rory's call got through.
"And a glorious afternoon to you too, Mom."
"Seriously kid, I'm in dire need of details. You can't leave mommy hanging like that."
"I'm sorry, I was just, uh, busy, with, uh things."
"One thing in particular."
"Mom!"
"What? I'm sure what I said wasn't inaccurate. Was it? I thought his showing up was a good thing? Wasn't it?"
"It was, it was a great thing, I just really don't want to hear that level of dirty when it's in relation to me. Now, I'm not sure I even want to fill you in."
"You can't do that, you abandoned me for all of Christmas and I was okay with it under the condition that you fill me in on your adventures in London, now spill."
Rory, knowing she would have to tell her mother took a moment to think about what she was going to say, to limit further awkward moments. "Well remind me us where we left off."
"Okay, you were saying how Logan was taking some time to think and you didn't know how it was going because of the time it took, then I heard you open a door and say Logan, so I'm assuming he came to your room and then you hung up on the one who gave you life."
"Yeah, so anyway, he was at the door, and I may have, in haste, hung up on you, and I went to throw my phone on the bed, and when I turned back to Logan he kissed me."
"Really? No warning?"
"Nope, Logan's always been a fan of surprising me."
"Good surprise though right?"
"Great surprise," Rory confirmed.
"Then what happened."
"Well then we briefly talked, did things that I'd rather not discuss with you not briefly and he left this afternoon and went back to his apartment."
"Okay, super cliff's notes version, I get it. But where does this leave you two? Are you together? Is he staying in London, are you staying in London? Are you apart but friends with possibilities? What's going on?"
"We are together again. I'm going to stay here until school resumes, and then I'll head back to Connecticut and we are going to do the long distance thing again, but it will go much better on my end, I'll make sure of that. He told me that he is going to talk to his father as soon as possible to get a transfer to the east coast. Logan thinks it will work for a couple of reasons that I can't find fault with. So he should be in my general location by the summer, and even if he isn't. If something goes horribly awry we have the resources to make sure we see each other at least a weekend a month, and if that's the worst case scenario I'll gladly accept it."
Lorelai was happy with what Rory was telling her until the last part, "Are you sure Rory, I mean it's great that you two are together again, I know how much you wanted this, but a weekend a month? Can a relationship really be built around such a short time together?"
"That's worst case scenario, and that probably won't happen for any length of time. It's just in effect for now because he's still going to be in London until the summer. And I'll be a lot happier with one weekend a month than I was without him at all. I assure you of that," Rory said with passionate conviction.
Lorelai was sure of it too, Rory was a different person without Logan these last few months and she didn't want that person to come back again. "Okay Rory, I just want to make sure you are going to be okay with everything," Lorelai told her daughter as their conversation continued on with a lighter tone, and with the knowledge that when Rory returned in January she would be whole again.
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Logan heard the phone ring as he was putting the last of Rory's things in one of his drawers, one of their drawers he thought to himself and smiled. He went over to the couch and picked up the phone and sat down, preparing himself for the following conversation.
"Hello?"
"Hey," it was Honor, "so what's going on?"
"What's going on?" Logan asked puzzled.
"Yeah, what's going on? I mean we haven't talked for a day or two and I want to know what's going on. How is work, watch any good TV shows, you know that sort of thing," Honor tried hard not to make her reason for calling too obvious, but subterfuge was never her strength.
Logan picked up on the true reason for the call and decided to make Honor work for what she wanted, "Funny you should ask about work, a couple days ago there was this problem. Janice had ordered three cartons of lined paper for the office, but when she received it, it was 2 cartons of blank paper and one of lined, she was furious. So Janice called the supply place and talked to Mike who was in charge of shipments and they got into a shouting match, which made Janice call Steve to take the call, because Steve's more persuasive than Janice, but Steve didn't have much luck and Janice was starting to get upset, so Steve and Janice, you'll never believe what they did…"
"Oh for the love of god, who gives a crap what Steve, Janice and Mike did with the cartons of paperclips or whatever…"
Honor was about to say more when Logan quickly interjected, "I thought you did, you asked about work, this is a funny story about work."
"Well I lied okay? I don't care about work; I care about what's going on with you and Rory. So tell me, what happened."
Logan didn't want to rehash everything that happened last night with his older sister so he decided to quickly make his way through the bulk of the night. Telling her about his decision, their kiss, their talk about future locations, and breakfast, then he said, "and I just got finished putting the last of Rory's things away, so we're all set."
Honor was listening intently to everything Logan was telling her, but this piqued her interest, "putting away the last of Rory's things? All set? All set for what Logan? What are you talking about?"
"I didn't want Rory in a hotel room the rest of her stay in London so I asked her to move in with me until she goes back to school, she said yes, and I just put away the stuff she gave me, so that when she comes back her tonight it will mostly be ready for her."
"Back together for less than a day and she's already got you wrapped around her finger."
"Not really, actually I just wanted her not to have to waste much time with unpacking so we could get right back to the passionate sex."
"Logan, so didn't need to hear that."
"Well that's what you get for your little finger remark."
"I was just teasing you, but are you sure this is a good idea? I mean just a few weeks ago, you were crushed and Rory's the one who did the crushing. Now you and her are living together again and are a couple again thinking about the future, isn't it just a little sudden."
"Honor, I understand your concern, I really do, I mean I had the same concerns myself when I was deciding everything, but I needed to do this. I was a mess as you knew, and I wouldn't put myself out there to feel that way again. This time it'll work out. She's not going to run, she'll be there for me, and we'll be there for each other. It'll work out," Logan said emphatically.
"I hope so Logan, I really do. Well, I'm happy for you, you know that right, have fun tonight," Honor said cringing at her words as they came out of her mouth.
"I'm sure that will be arranged Honor. Bye."
"Bye."
Logan pressed 'end' after Honor had said goodbye, only to be distracted once again by a sound at his door this time. He went over and opened it and was greeted by a smiling Rory carrying her last suitcase, "Ready for some fun tonight?" she said as she made her way through the door Logan now held open for her.
"Ready for anything," Logan said smirking; remember the conversation he just had with Honor not twenty seconds ago.
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Author's Note: That's all the updating for the week, next one scheduled for Monday. Happy reading.